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| #2 Posted on 21.2.02 1339.39 Reposted on: 21.2.09 1340.53 | I think it's something that's just always been around. They have grown in quantity and creativity in the last four years or so, though. I remember going to WWF events back in the 80s and there was lots of them.
I don't think it was the first, but probably the most famous crowd sign was the guy that first did the John 3:16 sign. And we all know what *that* eventually led to. | WTF13
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| #3 Posted on 22.2.02 1748.29 Reposted on: 22.2.09 1748.57 | I recall seeing them during the eighties too, in various promotions. They even had a few on the old NWA TV programs during the mid-eighties, and I remember Jim Ross encouraging fans to bring signs to Mid-south house shows around the same time.
However, the television shows definitely didn't focus on the signs [or on the fans at all] nearly as much as they do now. | ALL ORIGINAL POSTS IN THIS THREAD ARE NOW AVAILABLE |
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